Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into

this section of the Bible. All right I want to begin a word of prayer. We'll hop into our study. Father, I pray that as we look into your word that these

verses, one that we'll understand them, what they have to say, and second, you'll understand them what they have to say and second you'll show them

how they relate to our lives here today. We pray for grace that you will enable us

to grace that you will enable us to be sanctified by these words. So conform us into

the image of Christ we pray in his name. Amen.

Okay, this morning we're in Romans 11, 28 to 32, Lord willing,

and the title of this study is unexpected mercy, unexpected mercy.

And so I want to begin just by reading the passage, beginning in verse 28. From the standpoint of the gospel, they are

enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For just as you once were disobedient to God,

but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience.

So these also now have been disobedient.

Because of the mercy shown to you, they also may now be shown mercy.

For God has shut up all in disobedience so that he may show mercy to all.

These verses bring us virtually to the end of this major section in Romans 9 through 11,

which is all about the salvation of Israel. The salvation of Gentiles is also addressed in this section so

it's not exclusively for the salvation of Israel, but it is the major question that is on the

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